Monthly Archives: April 2016
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days
5 Feb 2016 through 5 Apr 2016
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Downloads
Paper Title
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Why Ted Cruz Is Not a Natural Born Citizen Eligible to Be … Continue reading
“Conservatives pounce over Garland meetings”
Politico:
First, the right pounced on Jerry Moran after the Kansas senator cracked the door open to a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Now, conservatives are starting to turn on John Boozman.
The Arkansas Republican will meet… Continue reading
“U.S. Seeks Answers to Delays at Phoenix-Area Polls on Primary Day”
Fernanda Santos for the NYT:
The Justice Department has opened an investigation over the decisions that led to the chaotic presidential primaries in Arizona’s most populous county, where thousands of voters waited up to five hours to cast ballots and… Continue reading
“Why won’t Grassley hold Supreme Court hearings? He fears Republicans more than Democrats.”
“Here’s exactly how a brokered Republican convention would work”
“Utah Supreme Court hears arguments over disputed state election law”
Desert News:
Utah Supreme Court justices poked at the Utah Republican Party’s interpretation of a controversial new state election law in a hearing Monday as hundreds of candidates work to get on the primary ballot.
Though lawyers for the… Continue reading
“What do parties do? Donald Trump’s candidacy is a good test case.”
Julia Azari for Vox:
The party’s halting and controversial embrace of his candidacy tells us something about the ubiquity of parties and about the limits of their capacity to shape events. But if we treat Trump as primarily a candidate… Continue reading
John Oliver Takes on Congressional Fundraising
and Long Island wine (and Rep. Steve Israel).
“SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Challenge to ‘One Person, One Vote'”
Pete Williams and Zack Roth report for NBC News.
“Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source”
“Once Ruled By Washington Insiders, Campaign Finance Reform Goes Grassroots”
Peter Overby for NPR:
The visionary of the new, expanded reform movement is another professor, Larry Lessig of Harvard Law. He’s written a book about political money, organized other grassroots groups, even tried running for president on the issue last… Continue reading
“‘Fully Open’ After Evenwel”
All’s Well That Evenwel
ELB 6/11/15 post:
“All’s Well That Evenwel”
Posted on June 11, 2015 4:14 pm by Rick Hasen
I just love this headline so much, I hope to revive it in the event that the Supreme Court rejects the one person,… Continue reading